Can an artist ever really own a colour? The colour currently ruffling artistic temperaments is black – but not just any black. This is the blackest black ever. Vantablack, developed by British company NanoSystems to use on stealth satellites reflects… Continue Reading
IMAGO MENTIS: Theosophical Thought-form Drawings – LEXICON MAGAZINE By Barry William Hale “To paint in the earth’s dull colours the forms clothed in the living light of other worlds is a hard and thankless task: so much the more gratitude… Continue Reading
The Devil in the Details: Kenneth Anger,,the Inventor of a Celluloid Avant-Garde, Nears 90 ….”Anger pleasured himself for Alfred Kinsey’s sex studies, tipped off the Rolling Stones to the joys of the devil, published a scabrous Tinseltown tell-all that predated… Continue Reading
ALAN MOORE: The Art of Magic Comics legend Alan Moore is the author of titles including Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He is also a ceremonial magician and co-founded the Moon and Serpent… Continue Reading
SAINT BOWIE – ART EXHIBITION Stephen Romano Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition of reliquaries to David Bowie. http://shishigami.com/srfa/saintbowie.html Gallery proceeds from the exhibition will be donated to support shadhika.org An exhibition of artist made reliquaries, ex votos,… Continue Reading
This is the first in a series exploring the connections between art and magic. By definition, magic is the ability to exercise control and influence over reality through the use of mysterious forces. In this sense, the still-mysterious inner workings… Continue Reading
Austin Osman Spare a major retrospective [ Post-phoned ] The LAST TUESDAY SOCIETY advertised an Exhibition 6th February 2016 entitled “Austin Osman Spare: a major retrospective” which has unfortunately been post-phoned until further notice. It is worth pointing out… Continue Reading
Intention to Know: The Thought Forms of Annie Besant EXHIBITION Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago December 29, 2015 – March 1, 2016 Intention to Know explores the life and work of Annie Besant, a feminist activist, revolutionary thinker, and pioneer… Continue Reading
Kenneth Anger: Lucifer Brothers 3:30pm, Saturday, January 30, 2016 ALAC Theatre Barker Hangar Santa Monica Airport The Lucifer Brothers pop-up art gallery and store is the culmination of Kenneth Anger’s lifelong obsession with the occult. In 1955 Anger was the… Continue Reading
Ithell Colquhoun: Image and Imagination Penlee House Gallery & Museum 16 January — 19 March 2016 Ithell Colquhoun (1906 – 1988), an artist drawn by the ‘Gaelic melodies’ of West Penwith, captured the beauty of nature in her paintings and… Continue Reading